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Whish No. 26. Size: 13|xl* in., (3) + 135 + (2) leaves, generally 6 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: Entry by Mr. Whish dated ‘Calicut 1824’. The Ahgirasa year preceding 1824 (see below) is A. D. 1812/13, but probably the year A. D. 1752/53 is meant. Scribe: The son of &e$adri. See above No. 15. Character: Grantha. The EMgnikandavyakhya, or Mantraprasnabha$ya, or Mantrabhasya, by Haradatta. This is the MS. ‘Hw.’ used for the edition of ‘the Mantrapatha or the Prayer Book of the Apastambins’ by M. Winternitz, Part I, see Introduction, p. xii. It begins:—lavighnam astu om i pra^ipatya mah&devaip Haradattena dhlmatS I ekagnika^damantrafl&m vyakhya sammyag vidhlyate o 1 1 tatra tadadaryya 1 adito vaiSvade- vamantran adhlyate I etc. P.57:—ity ekagnika^de prathamah praSnas samaptahu It ends:—ity ekagnikandavyakhya HaradattacEryyavira- cita saippur^a n visargabindvaksara 0 etc. The date is given in the following colophon: —aipglra- savarsam i cittiramasaip I 24 tithi I a§tami tiruvooanaksa- trattile | aparanhakalattile mudincutu u harih om Subham astu aipglrasabde vasubhe me§amasebjavasare I Se§adri- sununa sammyah mantrabhasyaip samEptam n 1 The Telugu edition reads: tatracaryya. 8 Digitized by LjOOQle 34 28. Whish No. 27. Size: 7ixly in., 62 leaves, 8 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date of MS.: Thursday the fifth day of the dark half of the month of Karttika of the Jupiter year Srimukha in which the copy of the first work was finished (see the colophon below) corresponds (according to Dr. Schram’s Tables) to November 1 st , A. D. 1753. Character : Grantha. (a) The Svarajpancasacehloki Vyakhya , a Commentary on the Svaralaksana (see the second work), ff. 1—57. The text, also, is included. It begins: —atlndriyarthavijnanaiji pranamya brahma 6a6vatam I taittirlyapadadlnaip vak§yami svaralaksa^am u anena Slokena paraparabrahma pra$amapurvakaip aripsita- granthasyabhidheyam aha i vedopi 6a3vataip brahma I etc. ... svaralak$anajnane phalantaram apy asti I tannirnlta- svare§u padarupajnanam i yatha I ayam iha prathamodhaylti nadagamaSamka bhavati I tasmad arabdhavyam evaitat u tatra paribhasam aha i udatta£ canudattaS ca varnanaip prakrtau svarau ii etc. It ends:—ani£opani§atsvaras tu uktah kecit boddhyah | kvacid addhyayanat anye anyathapi boddhyah l saipbharyya grhnati I palvalya grhnati i yosau tapann udeti ityadi i eka- Sruti6 canukta bhavati 1 agni& ca jatavedaS ca upani^atsu ca ekaSrutir bhavati vyatyayaS ca i 6lk§aip vyakhyasyamah | saha$ra£lr§aip devam i sa va e§a puru?onnarasamayah I ity¬ adi i anyeplti vacanain anyatrapi kvacit padaddhyayanarahite vyatyayaip sucayati I pra nu vocaip cikitu§e sa tvan nala- plavo bhutva i sa vacaspate hrd iti vyaharat u om iti svara- pahca&acchlokl vyakhya puri^a u harih om ii The colophon is written in Tamil and contains the date: Srlmukhavarusam karttigai masam 5 va vyarakke(read viya- rakki?)rammaile EgadeSll (?) erudihSadu. Digitized by Google ^ i 35 (b) The Svaralaksana (by Kesavarya, son of Surideva - buddhendra ), a treatise on the accents in the Black Yajur-veda, ff. 58—62. The name of the author is not mentioned in our MS., but is given in Burnell L O. p. 9 seq., from which it appears also, that our MS. contains only the first part of the work. It begins: — atmdriyartthavijnanaip prapamya brahma £asvatam i taittirlyapadadlnaip vak§yami svaralak§apam ii udatta& canudatta^ ca varpanaip prakrtau svarau i svaritas tu dvidhocyante dhptah kaippa£ ca saiphitah o tulyasvaras sarupartthe pade bhedepi tat supamidvir ukta ca gphepy evaip dvidhemgyaiu^e vibhaktije u 1 u It ends:—nyaipsvaryyujyan cidanavyasasaumyaS ceti tadr- £ah i anyepy addhyayanat boddhya arupopani?atsvarah D 50 harih om etc. 29. Whish No. 28. Size: 9|X1J in., 72 leaves, foliated from 1 to 69 (leaf 11 being counted twice), followed by two leaves numbered 72 and 79; from 7 to 9 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date of MS.: 18* cent.? Character: Grantha. Injuries: One half of leaf 72 is lost. An odd half leaf found in the volume does not belong to this MS. Leaf 69 is damaged. Fragments of the MdhdganesarMantrapaddhati by Gir- vanendra, the pupil of Visvesvara. Vi£ve£vara was a pupil of Amarendra Yadi (sic), Amarendra Yadi a pupil of Qirvanendra Yogin. It begins: —Srlmahaganapataye namah I Amarendra-yadi§ Sisyo Glrvapendrasya Yoginah i tasya Vi£ve£vara§ £i§yo Girvanendroham asya tu i £i§yo mahagapeSasya vak?ye Srl- mantrapaddhatim | etan distya*khilas santas santustas 1 This word is not quite clear, perhaps dr§tya? Should it be drstva- khilan? 3* Digitized by LjOOQle -^4 36 i- santu santatam I prathamaip &rlmahaganapate(r) nyasavi- dhana(m) likhyate i atha punar acamya | guruh i pragvan- dano vistare(read °ro)pavi§tas san ityadi granthartthotra likhyate i etc. The last three lines:—mulagnaye yavagra(ip) syat anna- yannan tu payasam i balaya tilatailaip syat sarasvataya maksikam I tandulan dharanaya syat medhayai tv iksu- khandakam i dadhi pustyai sthirayambhah prltaye kadall- phalam i apupam vaSyaka. Here the MS. breaks off. 30. Whish No. 29. Size: 12jrXl£ in., 276 leaves, 9 or 10 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date of MS.: 18 th or 19th cent.? Character: Grantha. The Mayukhamalika , a Commentary on (Parthasarathi- misra’s) Sastradipika (a Commentary on the Mimamsa- Sutras), by Somanatlia, the pupil and younger brother of Venkatadriyajvan, and the son of Suri Bhatta , of the family of Nittala. See Ind. Off., Part IV, p. 696 seq.* and Hall, p. 176. It begins:—avi§karotu vibudhair abhivandinlyaip vacaip sa kopi mama vallabhasarvabhaumah | vaipSopi yatpari- grhltataya vibhakti 1 vacalatam tribhuvanaikavimohayantlip } adhigamya kalam akhilam agrabhavad Veipkatadriyajva- gurerah 2 3 i vacanair anatipracurair vyakurve SastradlpikSm vi£adavibudhah3 pranamya murddhna bahudha vah prar- tthaye kj-tavasyam arpayata d^am suksmam nindata parato- bhinandata va i etc . It ends:—iti Sri-Nittala-kula-tilaka-Suri-bhatta-mahopa- ddhyayatanubhavasya Vemkatadriyajvagurucarananuja - So- 1 bibhartti, Ind. Off. MS. 2 Read ° guroh. 3 visadam II 2 u vi° Ind. Off. MS. Digitized by LjOOQle 37 if- manatha-sarvatomukhayajinah krtau gastradlpikavyfikhya- yam mayukhamalikasamakhyayam dvitlyasyaddhyayasya caturtthah padah u harih om i Srlgurubhyo namah i 31. Whish No. 30. ; Size: 5f xl-s* in., 94 leaves, 8 or 9 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Bate of MS.: 18 or 19cent.? Character: Grantha. The iSivagita in 16 Adhyayas (from the PUdma-Purana, see Hall p. 123, Aufrecht-Oxford, p. 17, Mitra, Notices, vol. Y, p. 94 seqq., No. 1777, but ibid. vol. IV, p. 84, No. 1488 described as belonging to the Matsya-Purana). It begins: —umapatyam (sic) umajanim urnan comasaho- daraip | umananandaraip patmaip vidhiip vayam upasjnahe i pahcaksaratanuip pancavadanaip prapavaip £ivaip i ap&raka- ruparupam gurumurttim ahaip bbaje i Suta uvaca i atbatas sampravaksyami 3uddhaip kaivalyamuktidaip | anugrahao mahegasya. bhavaduhkhasya bhe§ajaip o 1 ii etc. It ends:—ity uktva prayayus sarve sayaipsandhy&m upasitum i stuvantas Sutaputran te santusta gomatltataip u iti $n-6ivagltasupani§atsu parabrahmavidyayaip yogaiastre ^iva-raghava-samvade §odaSoddhyayah n $ri£ivaya namah n. harih om u 32. Whish No. 31. Size: 7 X l| in., 30 + 66 -f (3) leaves, from 6 to 8 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Bate: ELollam year 997 (“Kollam 997 amatadhanumasam”, at the end of the Kaivalyanavanlta) i. e. A. D. 1822. ^ Character: Malayalam. .. ... ( i) The Pancaratnaprakarana in Malayalam language (ff. 1—8). Digitized by LjOOQle 38 i <; • ( 2 ) The Ourugita from the Skanda -Parana (ff. 9—22)* See Aufrecht-Oxford 72 b. It begins (f. 9):—Srigapapataye namah I kailasaSikhare ramye bhaktanugrahatalpara[h] 1 pranamya parvatl bhaktya. Samkarapi pariprcchati i 1 i Srldevy uvaca I opi nama devadeveSaparatppara jagatguroh 2 sadaSiva mahadeva (read °deva) gurudlksam pradehi me i 2 I F. 22b ends:—sada Sivo bhavety eva satyaip satyaip na. samSayah na (gu)ror adhikapi na guror adhi(ka)m na guror adhikaip na guror adhikam i harih ii (3) The PurvoHaradvddasamanjarika Stotra by Sankara. (ff. 23—27), F. 23 begins: —harih dinam api rajanlsayaippratah SiSiravasante punar Syatah kala(h) krldati gacchaty ayus. tad api na muncaty a^apaSaip i bhaja Govindaip bhaja Govindaip Govindaip bhaja mudhamate i 1 i Ff. 26b—27: — dvadaSamanjarikabhir ihai§a Sisyapappt kathito hy upadeSah ekagre na karoti viveka te pa&yante narakam anekaip i bhaja Govindaip l 24 u iti Srlmat- para(ma)haipsaparibhramlakarya (read °parivrajakacarya)~ Srlmat - Sankara(ca)ryayiracite purvottaradva(da)Samanjari- kastottraip sampurppam o £rl-&ahkaracaryaviracire svamine namah Srlvidyarunyasvamine namah ii (4) Fragment of a short tract (in Sanskrit) (ff. 27—28 bX It begins:—bandhah karmany atha bahuvidhe strlguha- yam pravistah puipsor etakapa Sakhelite (??) Sopite varttamS- nah vitppankothaikramibhi[h]r abhitas taditah plditatma yavat i etc , F. 28b ends: —sasnehabhyaip paravaSataya pu§pyamapahi pitrbhyaip krldalaulyain prathitabahucapalyam uUaghya * °talpftra for °tatpara. Grantha MSS. frequently have lp for tp„ * Bead devadevesa paratpara jagadguro? Digitized by LjOOQle 39 balyam dvaitlyikaip puram atha vayah prapnuvat drptacitto laksmi janeta tava yada yugaip vismaren masma bhupam n (5) Fragment of another short tract (in Sanskrit) (ft 29—30). F. 29 begins:—harih bhedabhedau savatrigalitau pu^ya- pape vi&njne mayamohe ksayam adhigatau na^tasanne- havrttau ^abdatltaip triguiiarahitaip, etc. F.